Product Name:       Shikimic acid (extract from Star anise)

specification:            98%Shikimic acid
         
Detection method:     HPLC
         
Botanical Name:          Illicium Verum Hook. f.(Illicium lanceolatum A.C. Smith )

Molecular formula:   C7H10O5

Molecular weight: 174.15              

Formulation: white crystalline powder

Description: 

Shikimic Acid is an active ingrediets which is extracted from Illicium verum Hook. f. , Shikimic Acid is a key precursor of many alkaloids, aromatic amino acids, indole derivatives, and it also be widely used as a chiral building block for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals. Now, Shikimic Acid serves as the starting material for Oseltamivir which is a neuraminidase inhibitor used in the treatment and prophylaxis of both influenza A and influenza B.